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Tandem Lateral Shift
Narrow Base Advanced Challenge
AM-LAT-11
- Setup / stance
- Stand heel-to-toe in full tandem stance
- Clinical focus
- Lateral shift control with very narrow BOS, hip strategy, balance recovery
- Patient instruction
- Stand heel-to-toe with one foot directly in front of the other. Move the dot to the left target and return to center, then move the dot to the right target and return to center. Keep your feet in place and do not step.
- Therapist cue
- Watch step-outs, trunk lean, loss of tandem alignment, delayed center recovery
- Primary metrics
- Accuracy, center return, balance corrections, step-out events
- Progression / regression
- Semi tandem → tandem → tandem on foam
- Safety / guarding
- Mandatory close guarding